Director of Health Services Research Unit
- About
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- Email Address
- c.r.ramsay@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438142
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building,
Foresterhill
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am Director of the Health Services Research Unit and Professor of Health Care Evaluation. I also direct the Aberdeen Health Technology Assessment Group, which is the only academic centre in Scotland responsible for providing technology assessment reports for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
I have wide ranging research interests in health services research with expertise in service improvement research, surgical trial evaluation, and quasi-experimental study designs and as statistical editor for the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care group I have led the worldwide development of systematic review methodology for interrupted time series designs. I serve on several national and international committees and was an inaugural member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics and statistics1993 - University of Edinburgh
- PGDip Information Systems1994 - Edinburgh Napier University
- PhD Public Health2000 - University of Aberdeen
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Medical Statistics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Nutrition and Health, Dentistry.
I provide PhD supervisory support for full or part-time PhD students. Some recent examples include:- Complex designs in randomised clinical trials – a case study in dentistry - Beatriz Goulao
- Interrupted times series (ITS) evaluation - Jemma Hudson
- What are the personal, clinical and social impacts of longer waiting times? A multi-methods study - Elisabeth Kirchner
- Optimising the responsible use of antibiotics - Shazia Yousuf
Funding and Grants
In terms of research grant awards, I have personally been involved as chief investigator or principal applicant on a portfolio of national and international studies generating in excess of £30 million, with £20 million in the last 5 years. The projects include a mix of large scale international trials and methodological studies funded from a variety of sources – all the studies are healthcare policy relevant and of national or international significance.
- Publications
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The Value of Preventative Dental Care: A Discrete-Choice Experiment
Journal of Dental Research, vol. 100, no. 7, pp. 723-730Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034521989943
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16739/1/Boyers_etal_JDR_The_Value_Of_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Twitter communication of the UK public on dental health and care during a COVID lockdown: "My kingdom for a dentist"
Community Dental Health, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentification and categorisation of relevant outcomes for symptomatic uncomplicated gallstone disease: in depth analysis to inform the development of a core outcome set
BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 6, e045568Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045568
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16884/1/Cruickshank_etal_BMJO_Identification_and_categorisation_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/identification-and-categorisation-of-relevant-outcomes-for-symptomatic-uncomplicated-gallstone-disease(e370a043-95ee-45d1-8c15-857c465dacda).html
Outcomes of a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial of surgery for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery (MASTER)
European Urology, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 812-823Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAudit and feedback with or without training in-practice targeting antibiotic prescribing (TiPTAP): a study protocol of a cluster randomised trial in dental primary care
Implementation Science, vol. 16, 32Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProtocol for a randomised controlled trial comparing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with observation/conservative management for preventing recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones (C-Gall trial)
BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 3, e039781Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33766835/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039781
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16202/1/Ahmed_etal_Protocol_for_randomised_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://abdn.pure.elsevier.com/en/en/researchoutput/protocol-for-a-randomised-controlled-trial-comparing-laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-with-observationconservative-management-for-preventing-recurrent-symptoms-and-complications-in-adults-with-uncomplica(a66000bc-ddf4-4d6b-9167-7efd1556eace).html
Examining the effectiveness of different dental recall strategies on maintenance of optimum oral health: the INTERVAL dental recalls randomised controlled trial
British Dental Journal, vol. 230, no. 4, pp. 236-243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2612-0
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Examining the impact of oral hygiene advice and/or scale and polish on periodontal disease: the IQuaD cluster factorial randomised controlled trial
British Dental Journal, vol. 230, no. 4, pp. 229-235Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-2662-3
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Risk-based, 6-monthly and 24-monthly dental check-ups for adults: the INTERVAL three-arm RCT
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 24, no. 60, pp. 1-172Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24600
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15396/1/Clarkson_et_al_HTA_RiskBased6Monthly_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Aerosol Generating Procedures and their Mitigation in International Dental Guidance Documents - A Rapid Review
Cochrane Oral Health. 69 pagesBooks and Reports: Other Reports